Karachi Biscuits are one of the most well known biscuits of Karachi Bakery of Hyderabad . These eggless cookies which are filled with tutti fruti and flavoured with pineapple or rose essence . The origin might be Hyderabad but popularity of these biscuits are not just limited to Hyderabad . These melt – in – mouth Karachi fruit biscuits are liked by people across the globe .
Ingredients :
1 . Butter ( room temperature ) – 1/2 cup .
2 . Powdered sugar – 1/2 cup .
3 . Maida ( all purpose flour ) – 1 cup .
4 . Custard powder ( vanilla flavoured ) – 4 tbsp .
5 . Baking powder – 1/2 tsp .
6 . Baking soda – 1/4 tsp .
7 . Salt a pinch .
8 . Cashew nuts and almonds finely chopped – 1 tbsp .
9 . Tutti fruti – 4 tbsp .
10 . Rose essence – 1/2 tsp .
Milk 1 tbsp if needed .
Method :
1 . In a bowl sieve together maida , custard powder , baking powder , baking soda and salt . Keep aside .
2 . In another mixing bowl add butter and sugar , cream the butter and sugar well by whisking .
3 . Once the butter and sugar combine well add essence and mix well .
4 . Now add cashew and almonds powder mix well .
5 . Add tutti fruti and mix well .
6 . Add prepared mixture of flour in batches , make sure there are no lumps .
7 . Add little milk if you feel that the dough is too dry .
8 . Roll the prepared dough to form rectangular logs or any desired shape and cover it using a cling wrap and freeze it for about 15 minutes or until it becomes firm .
9 . Mean while preheat oven at 170 degree centigrade for 10 minutes .
10 . Once firmed remove cling wrap from the dough and cut in to even sized biscuits .
11 . Arrange cookies to be baked on a baking sheet with one inch gap in between .
12 . Sprinkle some tutti fruti over all cookies .
13 . Bake these cookies in preheated oven at 170 degree centigrade for about 25 – 30 minutes .
14 . Arrange baked cookies over wire rack to cool .
15 . Once completely cooled store in airtight container .
16 . Enjoy these Karachi biscuits with Ginger , Cardamom tea .
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